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Appointment Rate Note: Because appointment rates combine information from the Office of Court Administration’s Court Reports and the Indigent Defense Commission’s Indigent Defense Expenditure Report, differences in collection periods, small numbers of cases, or reporting error by counties may produce out-of-range responses. To correct for these anomalies, appointment rates in excess of 100% are reported as 100%.
What percentage of misdemeanor cases have counsel appointed?
What percentage of felony cases have counsel appointed?
Pro Se Rate Note: Because pro se rates combine information from the Office of Court Administration’s Court Reports and the Indigent Defense Commission’s Indigent Defense Expenditure Report, differences in collection periods, small numbers of cases, or reporting error by counties may produce out-of-range responses. To correct for these anomalies, negative pro se rates are reported as 0% and rates in excess of 100% are reported as 100%.
What is the pro se rate for misdemeanor cases?
What is the pro se rate for felony cases?
Competence
Caseload Measures Note: Attorney caseloads reported in this section include all appointed cases in all counties of practice; private pay cases are omitted. Individual attorneys are represented in results for all counties where they practice.
How many attorneys take appointed cases?
How many attorneys exceed a full-time equivalent appointed caseload?
What is the average full-time equivalent appointed caseload for attorneys exceeding full-time case limits?
How many attorneys have extreme caseloads (two standard deviations above the statewide average)?
What is the average number of appointed cases carried by private practice attorneys?
What is the average number of appointed cases carried by public defender attorneys?
What is the average full-time equivalent appointed caseload for private practice attorneys?
What is the average full-time equivalent appointed caseload for public defender attorneys?
Counsel Type
What percentage of appointed misdemeanor cases are defended in a "quality-managed" system: public defender or managed assigned counsel?
What percentage of appointed felony cases are defended in a "quality-managed" system: public defender or managed assigned counsel?
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Cost of Attorneys
What is the average attorney cost per misdemeanor case?
What is the average attorney cost per non-capital felony case?
Cost of Investigation Note: Cost of investigation does not include non-staff investigation costs paid by Public Defender Offices (PDO) or investigation costs paid from the administrative budget in Managed Assigned Council (MAC) offices. A list of jurisdictions with Public Defender and Managed Assigned Counsel Offices, and the year they were established, is available here.
What is the average cost of investigation per misdemeanor case?
What is the average cost of investigation per non-capital felony case?
Fund Source
What percentage of indigent defense costs are paid by the county?